Chase not Practicing

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(08-30-2024, 05:16 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: You are wrong because this happens in the real world as well.  When you join a union, many of them will not allow you to make top money until you have been there a few years.  Its a wage scale that the new person entering the union had no say in.  You want to come and be part of this union?  You have to agree to the wage scale setup.  If you want to make more money because you are great at your job?  Its too bad, you need to wait.

Lets use the bricklayers union as an example.  Workers who have been in the bricklayers union for many years might make $35 an hour.  A new person joining this union might be forced in to a 4 year apprenticeship program where they start you out at $20 an hour.  You may end up being a great bricklayer after just one year and be as good as the guy that has been there 10+ year.  You cant however demand you should be paid the same pay as those other guys when you still have 3 years left in the apprenticeship program.  If you complain and sit out of work, they will withhold your pay and potentially get rid of you.  Sound familiar?  This happens in the real world too.  The NFL isnt unique in paying new talent less, having a wage scale and forcing people to work several years before they get top dollar.

The NFL has set this period, as well.  It's three years.  Then you can negotiate for whatever you believe yourself to be worth.  Chase has completed this period, so I don't see what your point is.

However, a big problem with your example is that if ABC Construction won't pay you what you think you're worth, you're free to go negotiate with XYZ and 123 Construction. 

Also, I deal with a number of contractors that are union shops and if you try to get those guys to come in for mandatory work that they aren't getting paid for, then you're going to have a strike on your hands the second you try to withhold a dollar from someone's check.